MY polis pwned SMS scammers 7 arrested

[Apollo]

April 7, 2008 Malaysian police arrest 7 in SMS scam

PENANG - SEVEN men including a Taiwanese, who are believed to have fleeced numerous people of at least RM1 million (S$434,000) nationwide in SMS scams, have been arrested.

 

The men, in their 30s and 40s, who were nabbed in Kuala Lumpur, are said to be behind a series of SMS scams reported in Johor, Selangor, Penang, Negri Sembilan and Perak.

 

Sources said Bukit Aman police picked them up at the Sungai Wang Plaza shopping complex more than two weeks ago.

It is believed that the Negri Sembilan and Johor police questioned them before sending them here on Saturday.

Fourteen people here were cheated of about RM85,000 between March 1 and March 15 after being informed via SMS that they had won luxury cars and cash prizes.

 

Six cases involving RM37,000 were reported to the George Town police while the other cases were reported in Balik Pulau, Bukit Mertajam and Butterworth.

 

The victims were duped into believing that they had each won a car and also RM20,000 in the Petronas Super Car Craze Contest, which has since ended.

 

The mode of operation of the syndicate, which had been active for some time, was to send an SMS to their victims asking them to call a mobile phone number.

 

They were then told that they had won some prizes but were required to deposit some money into a bank account as administration fees in order to claim the prizes.

 

Between RM1,000 and RM20,000 was banked in by the victims who realised that they had been cheated when the prizes failed to arrive after a week of waiting.

 

Police have not ruled out the possibility that the syndicate could be behind variations of the scam using the name of companies such as Maxis and popular reality shows such as Akademi Fantasia.

 

The suspects have been remanded by a magistrate's court. If convicted, they each face a 10-year jail term with possible caning. -- THE STAR/ANN

 

 

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Boleh!

[Shull]

 

send them to jail to rot jialat jialat..rotan lagi better..

[Dynaway]

never mention anything abt those cheated $$$ being recovered... must have masok into some of the polis pocket liao... muahahaha